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This Memorial, originating from the New Mexico Senate, formally requests the United States Congress to grant statehood to Washington, D.C. It highlights that D.C. residents, despite bearing the responsibilities of U.S. citizenship like paying federal taxes and serving in the military, lack full representation in Congress, a right their ancestors once had and which is denied to no other democratic nation's capital residents. The memorial points out that D.C.'s population is comparable to several existing states, that its residents have overwhelmingly supported statehood in a referendum, and that Congress has interfered with the District's local governance. It references proposed legislation, the "Washington, D.C. Admission Act," which would grant D.C. statehood with representation in Congress, and notes that international human rights bodies have also called for addressing this issue.